Written Answers Thursday 23 November 2006

Scottish Executive

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the act came into force, in each category.

Ross Finnie: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website. The only significant costs arising from the provisions in the act were the set up costs incurred by the Scottish Executive (£117,000) and the £40 charge incurred by each applicant in respect of registration of tenants’ interests for pre-emptive right to buy provisions.

Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) costs have been to date since the act came into force, in each category.

Ross Finnie: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website. The act received Royal assent July 2006. Actual costings are not therefore available yet.

Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2004

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum accompanying the bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the act came into force, in each category.

Lewis Macdonald: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Scottish Parliaments website.

  The Executive is not aware of any additional costs having been incurred to date as a result of the act.

Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.

Johann Lamont: The Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all bills on introduction to be accompanied by a Financial Memorandum which sets out the best estimates of the administrative, compliance and other costs to which the provisions of the bill would give rise, best estimates of the timescales over which such costs would be expected to arise, and an indication of the margins of uncertainty in such estimates. The Financial Memorandum must distinguish separately such costs as would fall upon (a) the Scottish administration, (b) local authorities and (c) other bodies, individuals and businesses. These memoranda are freely available on the Scottish Parliament’s website.

  By way of comparable information on actual initial set up and annual costs after the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 came into force, the annual cost for the year 2005-06 in the same categories as the Financial Memoranda is as follows:

  

 Financial Memorandum


 Executive
 Local Authorities
 Other


 Set Up
 Annual
 Set Up
 Annual
 Set Up
 Annual


£500,000
£800,000
 Nil
 Nil
 Nil
 Nil



  

 Actual


 Executive
 Local Authorities
 Other


 Set Up
 Annual
 Set Up
 Annual
 Set Up
 Annual


£967,320
£49,250
 Nil
 Nil
 Nil
 Nil

Drug Misuse

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the age has been of each drug user who has come into contact with drug treatment services in each local authority area since 1997.

Johann Lamont: The number of new clients reporting to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database, broken down by age group and council area of residence from 1997-2008 to 2004-05 has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40882).

Education

Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West) (Ind): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to record and publish secondary school class sizes before May 2007.

Robert Brown: No. Secondary school class size data is not routinely collected. A special collection of S1 to S2 maths and English classes will be made as part of the 2007 school census to establish whether our target of reducing those classes to a maximum of 20 by August 2007 has been achieved.

Emergency Services

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for implementation of the new state-of-the-art digital radio system for emergency services announced in April 2006.

Johann Lamont: On 6 April 2006, the Minister for Justice announced that Scotland would participate in Firelink, the GB-wide procurement of a replacement radio system for the Fire and Rescue Service. In Scotland, the implementation timetable is split into Phase A (network resilience/infrastructure) and Phase B (installation of radio terminals etc). The headline dates for commencement and completion of Phase A are 4 January 2007 and 10 April 2008, and for Phase B they are 23 October 2007 and 17 February 2009.

  The Firelink supplier is O2 Airwave Ltd, which is also providing the Airwave radio system for all British police forces and ambulance services. Once all the new systems are in place, there will be inter-operability between all three blue-light services and with other emergency responders using Airwave.

Emergency Services

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected costs are of the new state-of-the-art digital radio system for emergency services announced in April 2006.

Johann Lamont: The total contracted cost for Firelink, the new radio system for the British Fire and Rescue Service announced by the Minister for Justice on 6 April 2006, is around £400 million at today’s prices. It is prudently estimated that the projected cost to Scotland over the initial ten-year life of the contract will be in the region of £100 million, (inclusive of VAT, which is likely to be recoverable on most elements of the project).

Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the act came into force, in each category.

Ross Finnie: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website. The act received Royal Assent in December 2005. Comparable actual costings are not therefore available yet.

Ferry Services

Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28960 by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2006, what the possible alternative meanings of "public service obligations" are in respect of the application of the 1992 Maritime Cabotage Regulation and European Commission legislation on state aid.

Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28960 by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2006, whether the answer indicates that there are different meanings for "public service obligation" and "Public Service Obligation" in respect of the application of the 1992 Maritime Cabotage Regulation and European Commission legislation on state aid and, if so, what these meanings are.

Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28960 by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2006 and in light of the European Transport Commissioner’s confirmation that the imposition of public service obligations is a precondition for any compensation being given, whether the Executive will specify the public service obligations that it has imposed, or proposes to impose, in the tender for the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services.

Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-26119 by Tavish Scott on 7 June 2006, whether the statement that "there is no need to consider, nor do we intend to consider, issues arising in relation to PSOs", means that the Executive has precluded the use of public service obligations in the tender for the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services.

Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-26119 and S2W-28960 by Tavish Scott on 7 June and 9 November 2006 and given that the imposition of public service obligations (PSOs) is a precondition for any compensation being granted and that the Executive sees no need to consider, nor intends to consider, issues arising in relation to PSOs in respect of the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services, whether this means that (a) it does not intend to provide compensation to the operator of the Clyde and Hebrides routes and (b) any compensation that it may provide in such circumstances could be considered to be illegal state aid under the 1992 Maritime Cabotage Regulation and European Commission legislation on state aid.

Tavish Scott: On the specific question of compensation, we do intend to provide compensation to the operator of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services as provided for in the 1992 Maritime Cabotage Regulation and EC legislation on state aid. We do not consider that this compensation could be deemed to be illegal state aid.

  Otherwise neither this question nor questions S2W-29803, S2W-29804, S2W-29805 and S2W-29807 raise any new issues which are not already covered in the answer to question S2W-28960 on 9 November 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

  http://www.scottishparliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Ferry Services

Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28960 by Tavish Scott on 9 November 2006, whether the statement that "any contract imposes obligations on the contractor and in the case of a "public service contract" these are public service obligations" means that any and all obligations imposed by any public service contract may be regarded as public service obligations.

Tavish Scott: As noted in the response to the answer to question S2W-28960 on 9 November 2006, the range of factors that can be specified in "public service obligations" is limited to those set out in Article 4.2 of the Maritime Cabotage Regulation. The obligations set out in a "public service contract" will generally include those factors set out in Article 4.2 and additional factors related to the delivery of the public service – such as quality – which are permissible only if a public service contract approach is used.

  All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliaments website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Fisheries

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when planning powers in respect of marine fish farms, currently held by the Crown Estate, will be transferred to local authorities.

Malcolm Chisholm: A finalised timetable has yet to be confirmed but it is intended that the provisions extending planning controls to marine fish farming will come into effect during 2007.

Fisheries

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when it started to arrange for the transfer of the planning powers in respect of marine fish farms from the Crown Estate to local authorities.

Malcolm Chisholm: Following Lord Sewel’s commitment in 1997 that planning controls should be extended to marine fish farming, the Executive published the consultation paper The Extension of Planning Controls to Marine Fish Farming in 2000.

  In light of the provisions in the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, a further consultation paper, Extending Planning Controls to Marine Fish Farming, was published in 2004. This was followed in October 2005 with a consultation paper entitled Defining Marine Boundaries for Fish Farming, which identified boundaries within which particular planning authorities would have responsibility for marine fish farming.

  Work has been on-going since then, including discussions with key stakeholders, to ensure a robust and workable planning system. Final primary provisions to bring existing fish farms into the planning system were included at Stage 3 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill.

Freight

Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in moving freight from the A9 onto rail.

Tavish Scott: We are currently in dialogue with a number of companies who are developing projects for the transfer of freight from the A9 to rail or water.

  Freight grant funded projects have removed over 76 million lorry miles from Scotland’s roads including over five million lorry miles from the A9 corridor since 1999.

Hate Crime

Susan Deacon (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it will act on the recommendation of its Working Group on Hate Crime to introduce a statutory aggravation for crimes motivated by malice or ill-will towards an individual based on their sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability.

Johann Lamont: We deplore all crime, especially that motivated by prejudice of any kind, and are aware of the strength of feeling over this issue

  We gave careful consideration to the working group’s recommendation on the introduction of a new statutory aggravation and concluded that the creation of a further statutory offence would work against our wider objective of improving consistency in sentencing. It is our view that the best way forward is to explore the options further in the context of our consideration of the Sentencing Commission’s report on the Scope to Improve Consistency in Sentencing, published on 19 September.

  Cathy Jamieson met representatives from the Equality Network on 25 October when there was a useful discussion about a statutory aggravation. They agreed to meet again early in the New Year.

Historic Monuments

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the restoration of Castle Tioram would provide benefits to Scotland’s tourism industry; whether it is satisfied with Historic Scotland’s position in respect of such a restoration, and what value it places on the significance of cross-party support from MSPs for its restoration.

Patricia Ferguson: There is no current application for the restoration of Castle Tioram. Any application for scheduled monument consent to restore the castle will be considered on its own merits under the established procedures. Since the final decision could be for Scottish ministers it would not be proper for me to offer comment on the merits of a prospective application.

Housing

Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the level of housing association grants provided to housing associations in the Scottish Borders.

Des McNulty: In the current year we will provide £502 million of funding through the Affordable Housing Investment programme to support affordable housing projects across Scotland.

  Our affordable housing investment in the Scottish Borders in the current year stands at an all time high of £7 million.

  These investment levels are good news for Scotland and especially good news for the Scottish Borders.

Housing

Mrs Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what investment it has made in housing in the Linlithgow parliamentary constituency since 2003.

Des McNulty: By the end of March 2007 the Scottish Executive, through Communities Scotland, will have invested nearly £28 million on affordable housing across West Lothian since April 2003. This investment will provide 477 new build or rehabilitated affordable houses. Within the Linlithgow constituency, investment over the same period is likely to be nearly £5 million.

Industry

Colin Fox (Lothians) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the closure of the Solectron factory in Dunfermline could be avoided by learning any lessons from Motorola’s closure of its Bathgate facility.

Allan Wilson: We recognised the need to move up the value chain in electronics - away from high volume manufacturing and into high-value, knowledge-based areas several years ago and we have been working with the electronics industry to offer companies, including Solectron, assistance in doing this.

  However, Solectron made the decision to enter into a period of consultation with a view to closing its facility in Dunfermline as the result of a worldwide consolidation of its manufacturing business.

Older People

Dr Jean Turner (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Ind): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to support elderly people who live in communities without a scheduled bus service and who find the "ring ‘n’ ride" service too inflexible for their needs.

Tavish Scott: Through the Rural Community Transport Initiative we are supporting a full range of demand responsive transport projects – for example, voluntary car schemes, which involve volunteer drivers using their own cars to take people to and from their homes for journeys they would otherwise be unable to make. This type of service is particularly helpful for elderly and disabled people.

  Demand responsive transport services such as Ring ‘n’ Ride are specifically designed to provide door to door transport for disabled and elderly people and those who live in communities without a scheduled bus service. Subject to giving reasonable notice of their wish to travel, Ring ‘n’ Ride services should meet most peoples’ travel needs.

People with Disabilities

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve co-ordination and assessment in providing needs packages for disabled higher education students.

Allan Wilson: The Scottish Executive leads the Disabled Student Stakeholder Group. This group was set up to consider and address issues relating to the support available to learners in colleges and universities who have additional needs. Key stakeholders and delivery partners are members including the National Union of Students, Skill Scotland, colleges and universities, the funding council, and the Student Awards Agency Scotland.

  The group has considered a range of issues. It has recently reduced delays for higher education students receiving their assessments and subsequently their Disabled Students Allowance award, and also developed and introduced a Toolkit of Quality Indicators for the needs assessment.

Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) costs have been to date since the act came into force, in each category.

Cathy Jamieson: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website. The act received Royal Assent in July 2006. Actual costings are not therefore available yet.

Pre-School Education

Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are taken to notify private nurseries of new regulations.

Robert Brown: It is the responsibility of private nurseries to ensure that they are aware of existing and new regulations that affect their business. However, the Scottish Executive is in close touch with relevant umbrella bodies who can often assist in disseminating information to their members.

Prison Service

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are in place to end overcrowding at HM Prison Inverness.

Cathy Jamieson: This year, HM Prison Inverness is contracted for 150 available prisoner places.

  The average prisoner population from 1 April to 31 October has been 146. This is below contract level.

Prison Service

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the contract for Addiewell Prison has been signed with the private consortium involved and, if not, on what date it is due to be signed and what the cost of the prison will be to the public purse over the lifetime of the contract.

Cathy Jamieson: The contract for Addiewell Prison was signed by the Chief Executive of Scottish Prison Service on 20 June. The contract value is estimated to equate to around £369 million in total, which is £15 million per annum in net present value terms over the 25-year life of the contract.

Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.

Johann Lamont: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website. No significant costs have been incurred as a result of the act, which followed a committee bill, since it came into force.

Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the act came into force, in each category.

Ross Finnie: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website. No additional costs have been incurred as a result of the act.

Recycling

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is for the introduction and improvement of kerbside collections of recyclable waste.

Ross Finnie: The latest figures from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency show that in 2005-06 Scotland recycled or composted 24.4% of municipal waste, which means that we are well on track to meeting our target of recycling and composting 25% of municipal waste by 2006. Our next target is to recycle or compost 30% of municipal waste by 2008. In the longer term, we intend to go beyond 30%.

  We have a number of steps in place or proposed to improve our recycling and composting performance. These steps include:

  We have announced recently resources for improving recycling facilities for people living in tenements and flats.

  We intend to run trials on the collection of food waste from householders. Food waste makes up around 17% of the householder’s bin.

  We have introduced simplified procedures for local authorities to bid to the Strategic Waste Fund (SWF) to support work by community recycling bodies, so long as this work does not cost the SWF more than £150 per tonne of waste diverted from landfill.

  Some kerbside collection schemes run by local authorities are still being rolled out, after authorities secured funding from the SWF.

  We will work with local authorities, and other bodies such as REMADE Scotland, the Scottish Waste Awareness Group (SWAG) and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), to ensure that best practice on recycling is shared amongst local authorities across Scotland.

  We intend to discuss with local authorities, and others, what improvements could be made to recycling centres to encourage recycling and re-use.

  We intend to discuss with local authorities, and others, what further improvements could be made to kerbside collections, by extending them to new areas or by adding further materials to the collections.

  We will continue to support work by SWAG on the co-ordination of the local Waste Aware Scotland campaigns, to ensure that householders know how to use their recycling facilities.

  We will continue to support work by WRAP and REMADE Scotland on the development of markets for recycled products.

  We will continue to support work by WRAP on the development of infrastructure to treat recycled or composted waste.

  We will continue to support work by WRAP and SWAG to provide home composting bins across Scotland, to reduce the amount of waste put out for collection.

  Clearly, before spending any resources we will wish to be satisfied that value for money is being obtained.

Road Accidents

Christine May (Central Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to reduce road casualties.

Tavish Scott: The Executive is addressing road safety through a combination of engineering, enforcement and education.

  This includes close liaison with Transport Scotland, who are responsible for trunk roads, and local authorities who are responsible for road safety matters in their areas. In addition, the Executive through Road Safety Scotland actively engages with the police forces and a wide range of other parties to promote the road safety message throughout Scotland.

Scottish Executive

Mr John Swinney (North Tayside) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive on which occasions a member of the Cabinet has spoken on behalf of the Executive in a debate called during opposition debating time in session 2 of the Parliament.

Ms Margaret Curran: The information requested can be obtained from the Official Report.

Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the act came into force, in each category.

Johann Lamont: The Financial Memorandum to the bill is available on the Parliament’s website. The act will not be fully implemented until 2008. Comparable actual costings are not therefore available yet.

Waste Management

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to publish a waste audit of local authorities.

Ross Finnie: We have provided a total of £2 million to local authorities to conduct waste audits and develop waste prevention action plans. Some local authorities chose to work with Remade Scotland on this. Remade Scotland intends to publish an analysis of their findings on local authority waste audits. Publication of individual local authority waste audits is a matter for local authorities.

Waste Management

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of its budget for waste initiatives in 2007-08.

Ross Finnie: Our expected expenditure on the waste initiatives line in 2007-08 is outlined as follows.

  

 Body
 Amount (£)
 Main Purpose


 Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
 7,390,000
 To develop markets and infrastructure for recycled products and to carry out waste prevention work in relation to home composting and retailers.


 INCREASE (grants for community recycling bodies)
 2,500,000
 To provide grants to community recycling bodies to reduce, re-use and recycle waste, in line with the National Waste Plan.


 Envirowise
 2,300,000
 To provide advice to business on waste minimisation.


 Scottish Waste Awareness Group (SWAG)
 985,000
 To co-ordinate local information campaigns on using recycling facilities; to provide information to the public on reducing, re-using and recycling waste and to support work by WRAP.


 Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS)
 500,000
 To develop the capacity of the community recycling sector.


 REMADE Scotland
 482,000
 To develop markets for recycled products.


 Business Environment Partnership
 430,000
 To provide advice to business on waste minimisation.


 Eco-Schools
 200,000
 To provide a framework for waste and environmental education in schools.


 Administration of INCREASE
 200,000
 To administer the INCREASE grants programme


 Scottish Industrial Symbiosis Programme
 50,000
 To facilitate arrangements between business to use by-products and minimise waste sent to landfill


 Total
 15,037,000
 



  This table does not include expenditure on Keep Scotland Beautiful’s litter work and on a grant scheme for local authorities in relation to contaminated land. Similarly, it does not include £1.5 million transferred to the Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Department from Landfill Tax consequentials to support work on energy efficiency.